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MONOTYPE PRINTING. MONO MEANS ALONE OR ONE, PRINT MEANS TO TRANSFER. IN A MONOTYPE PRINT, YOU PRINT ONE IMAGE FROM A PLATE. VOCABULARY. PRINTMAKING BRAYER INK TEXTURE MATRIX OR PRINTING PLATE PULL: PRESSURE TO TRANSFER IMAGE and INFORMATION DROP MONOTYPE.
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MONO MEANS ALONE OR ONE, PRINT MEANS TO TRANSFER. IN A MONOTYPE PRINT, YOU PRINT ONE IMAGE FROM A PLATE.
VOCABULARY • PRINTMAKING • BRAYER • INK • TEXTURE • MATRIX OR PRINTING PLATE • PULL: PRESSURE TO TRANSFER IMAGE and INFORMATION • DROP • MONOTYPE
TEXTURE CAN BE ADDED WITH MANY DIFFERENT TOOLS. YOU CAN USE Q-TIPS, RAGS, CARDBOARDAND PAINTBRUSHES.
Frankenthaler liked to make very large images. Here are some printers “pulling” one of her large monotype prints.
EDGAR DEGASIS AN ARTIST WHO ADDED PASTELS TO HIS MONOTYPE PRINTS. His work included many studies of ballerinas.
I RAISE CHICKENS. I USE THEM AS MY SUBJECTS. MY DOG JACK THINKS HE’S A CHICKEN.
NOW IT IS YOUR TURN TO CREATE A MONOTYPE PRINT. • EXPLORE AND EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT TEXTURES USING RAGS AND Q-TIPS! • THINK ABOUT THE PRIMARY COLORS AND HOW THEY WILL MIX IN YOUR PRINT • EVERYONE LIKES TO LEAVE THEIR MARK. THINK ABOUT THE MARKS YOU WILL MAKE. • BE CREATIVE!!!!!